Getting Started - Installing Terraform on windows

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Download Terraform

You can download a version of Terraform from the releases service.

Install Terraform – Windows

1. Download terraform for windows
   • Note: Terraform is packaged as a zip archive, so after downloading Terraform, unzip the package. Terraform runs as a single binary named terraform. Any other files in the package can be safely removed and Terraform will still function
2. Copy files from the zip to “c:\terraform” for example. That’s our terraform PATH.
3. The final step is to make sure that the terraform binary is available on the PATH.

General Information

• The PATH is the system variable that your operating system uses to locate needed executables from the command line or Terminal window.
• The PATH system variable can be set using System Utility in control panel on Windows, or in your shell’s startup file on Linux.

Windows 10 and Windows 8

1. In Search, search for and then select: System (Control Panel)
2. Click the System and Security link.
3. Click the System link.
4. Click the Advanced system settings link.
5. Click Environment Variables. In the section System Variables, find the PATH environment variable and select it. Click Edit. If the PATH environment variable does not exist, click New.
6. In the Edit System Variable (or New System Variable) window, append at the end of the PATH environment variable the value of terraform path ex.”c:\terraform;” . Click OK. Close all remaining windows by clicking OK.
7. Reopen Command prompt window, and run terraform.